Challenge 220

In Doug Pugh’s “Man — Reflected,” Mark has a triple love life, and three ladies seem to be making him offers he can’t refuse. My problem is that Doug makes me an offer I can’t understand, namely the title. We’ve talked about it, but I’m still puzzled. Can you explain how the title might fit the story? Or suggest another title?
History can be treated in different ways in literature. Donna Gagnon’s “The Kiss” is a dramatization of a historical event. Is Sam Ivey’s Gilboy’s Quest similar, or is it a historical novel in the classic mode?
In John W. Steele’s “The Mirage”:
1. Jared and Amia live in a kind of Garden of Eden. How does their story parallel Adam and Eve’s? What major differences are there?
2. “The Mirage” incorporates a variation on the legend of Eldorado. I would not include Atlantis, that’s a legend of its own; but science fiction and fantasy have frequently used the premise of a city or place that is or appears to be abandoned but is still mysteriously active. One could cite, for example, J. G. Ballard’s “The Waiting Grounds.” What other such stories can you think of?